Memorandum of an indenture, executed the feast of St Erconwald, 7 Richard II, whereby...

Memorandum of an indenture, executed the feast of St Erconwald, 7 Richard II, whereby John Chirteseye, of Hertfordshire, grants Richard Willysdon and Anneys his wife, his wharf called 'Pakkemanys Wharf,' with land and tenements in the parish of St Dunstan in the East, in London, for 100 years from that day, paying Chirteseye and his heirs £12 yearly, and bearing all other charges: Wyllysdon undertaking within 10 years, at his own cost, to enlarge the wharf 80ft in Thames Ward, and the wall"all only of Maydenston stone, to take down all housing on the soil, and build all the soil only with new timber, viz all the front against the High Street, and 40ft inward, of stories 12, 10, and 8ft high respectively, all only of herte of oke and also a chief dwelling place above stages, viz a hall 40ft by 24, a parlour, kitchen, and buttery, and on the remnant of the soil, except the cartway and wharf, houses and chambers for merchandise: all the buildings to be cellared underneath to the depth of 12ft [Middlesex]. [1384 Apr 30]